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Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things

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Re: Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things

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Post by jpiasetz »

It's always interesting how people define what is a thing. He's got a good definition but he should take it a step further. Expand it to anything that you have that you would feel bad if you had to replace. The digital clutter weights on your mind just like physical objects (files on the macbook, email in gmail, all of it).

Also although he list the items that he'd be pissed if he lost he'd probably be a lot less angry them a lot of people if he was robbed. Simpler and cheaper to only have to replace 15 items.

Re: Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things

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Post by epo »

I had a boss once who went on at great length about the benefits of the paperless office. His office was indeed devoid of paper storage, his secretary's office however, had loads of filing cabinets stuffed full of papers.

Self-regarding parasites like this just offload all their support systems onto other people and then brag about how minimal and self sufficient they are.

Re: Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things

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Post by waitwhat »

epo wrote: post #4

I had a boss once who went on at great length about the benefits of the paperless office. His office was indeed devoid of paper storage, his secretary's office however, had loads of filing cabinets stuffed full of papers. Self-regarding parasites like this just offload all their support systems onto other people and then brag about how minimal and self sufficient they are.

Mr. Hyde [...] is currently homeless

I don’t have a permanent address

Alex Hillman let me crash on his couch

So basically: Homeless man has few possessions.

Re: Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things

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Post by VonLipwig »

jister wrote: post #5

Balance. An extreme of "something" is not good...

How extreme is it really? The guy has 15 things with resale value that he treasures. How many things to do you own that you use day in, day out that you treasure.

For me, discarding kitchen things and stuff needed to run a house (furniture, hoover, ironing board etc) I use / wear maybe 25 things frequently.

The main difference between that guy and most people is he chooses to sell / discard / not buy crap he doesn't need. Most people accumulate stuff and fill their attic with it.

Re: Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things

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Post by nodata »

kennywinker wrote: post #8

Headline: guy owns 15 things ... read article, guy owns more than 15 things. New headling: "Guy reaches new heights of extreme minimalism by ignoring a bunch of the things that he owns". But I guess it was a minimalist headline, so that was too long...?

Laptop charger, phone charger, money to own washing powder to wash clothes. "Toiletry kit" is a cheat, so add: razor, shaving foam, blades, toothpaste, toothbrush, towel, shampoo, shower gel, etc. etc. etc.
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